Irenaeus’s engagement with rhetorical theory in his Exegesis of the Johannine Prologue in Adversus Haereses 1.8.5-1.9.3
While scholars have long recognised Irenaeus’s acquaintance with rhetorical theory, the role of rhetorical theory in Irenaeus’s scriptural exegesis has only recently come to light. In the last few years, Lewis Ayres (2015) and Anthony Briggman (2015, 2016) have argued for the central importance of G...
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Brill Academic Publishers
2018
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